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Adoption Timeline

  • Application to AWAA

    Application to AWAA
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    Dossier Building

    During this time, we had to build our dossier, which included a homestudy, copies of all our birth certificates, background checks, financial verifications, and getting each of those documents certified and authenticated by the Chinese Consulate in Houston, TX
  • Log-in Date (LID)

    Log-in Date (LID)
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    Ginny and Austin Hospitalized

  • Our little girl was abandoned at a first aid station in Guiyang City

  • Austin was born 2 months pre-maturely

    Austin was born 2 months pre-maturely
  • Move to Ohio

    Move to Ohio
  • Ginny and I decide to adopt an older special needs girl from China

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    Ohio Updates

  • Ohio Homestudy Completed

  • Waiting Child Program Enrollment

    Waiting Child Program Enrollment
  • We receive Jin Guo's Referral to Review

    We receive Jin Guo's Referral to Review
  • We submit our EA (electonic acceptance)

  • We receive our pre-approval from China

    We receive our pre-approval from China
  • We receive the referral acceptance from China

    We receive the referral acceptance from China
  • We receive our first US approval (I-800a)

    We receive our first US approval (I-800a)